net-im/bitlbee

An IRC to other chat networks gateway.

Versions

Slot Version Repository Platforms
0 scm net ~amd64 arm? armv7? armv8? ~x86
3.6 net ~amd64 arm? armv7? armv8? ~x86

Metadata

Homepage https://bitlbee.org
Summary An IRC to other chat networks gateway
Description BitlBee brings IM (instant messaging) to IRC clients. It's a great solution for people who have an IRC client running all the time and don't want to run an additional MSN/AIM/whatever client. BitlBee currently supports the following IM networks/protocols: XMPP/Jabber (including Google Talk), MSN Messenger, Messenger, AIM and ICQ.
Upstream changelog https://bitlbee.org/main.php/changelog.html
Upstream documentation https://bitlbee.org/main.php/extdoc.html
Dependencies (
    build:
    app-doc/asciidoc
    app-text/xmlto
    dev-libs/libxslt
    virtual/pkg-config
    build+run:
    user/bitlbee
    dev-libs/glib:2[>=2.16]
    dev-libs/gnutls[>=2.8]
    otr? (
        net-libs/libotr[>=4.0]
    )
    purple? (
        net-im/pidgin[ssl(+)]
    )
)
Downloads https://get.bitlbee.org/src/bitlbee-3.6.tar.gz
Licences (
    GPL-2
    GPL-3
)

Choices

OPTIONS

jabber Support for the jabber/XMPP protocol
msn Support for the MSN Messenger chat protocol
oscar Support for the OSCAR (AOL) chat protocol
otr Support for Off-the-Record Messaging
purple Use pidgin's libpurple instead of the built-in code